Issue 99 Contributors
Callie S. Blackstone writes both poetry and prose. Her debut chapbook sing eternal is available through Bottlecap Press. Her online home is calliesblackstone.com.
Bea Bolongaita is a Filipina American poet. Her writing appears or is forthcoming in Whale Road Review, Good River Review, and elsewhere. She has been recognized by the Ohio Poetry Association and is an Editorial Associate at the Kenyon Review. Bea’s debut chapbook, The Tomato Woman, was published in May 2023 by Sunset Press. She studies Political Science and Chinese at Kenyon College.
Jasper Glen is from Vancouver, BC. He holds a BA in Philosophy and a JD. Poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Posit, AGOTT, Amsterdam Quarterly, Poetry Pause, The Wild Word, and other journals.
Amanda Hawk lives in Seattle between the roaring planes and concrete jungle. She splits her time with her son and friends, and the city’s neon lights. Recently, she has been published in Volney Road Review, Drunk Monkeys Literary Journal, Anti-Heroin Chic, and the winnow magazine.
Victoria Lau is currently working on her MFA degree at Lindenwood University. She was the 3rd place poetry winner for the Random House Creative Writing Competition in 2013. Her poems have been published in Rogue Agent, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Gyroscope Review, and The Olivetree Review. She was also the 1st place winner for the Nancy Dean Medieval Prize in 2020. She was a poetry reader for GASHER Journal and is one of the marketing coordinators for The Adroit Journal. She has taught poetry at Sadie Nash Summer Institute and is writing assistant at the Borough of Manhattan Community College Writing Center and an English adjunct lecturer at Queens College. Follow her IG: victoria.lau_calliope_poet.
DS Maolalaí has received eleven nominations for Best of the Net and eight for the Pushcart Prize. His poetry has been released in three collections; "Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden" (Encircle Press, 2016), "Sad Havoc Among the Birds" (Turas Press, 2019) and “Noble Rot” (Turas Press, 2022)
Jessica Lee McMillan (she/her) is a poet and civil servant whose work has appeared/is forthcoming in The Humber Literary Review, Train Poetry Journal, Pinhole Poetry, Blank Spaces, Tiny Spoon, Jersey Devil Press, SORTES, Short Édition, and others. Her first chapbook is coming Fall 2023 via Rose Garden Press. Jessica lives in New Westminster, BC with her little family, large dog, and shelves of books and records. See more about her work on jessicaleemcmillan.com.
Smitha Sehgal is a legal professional and poet who writes in two languages-English and Malayalam. Her poems have featured in contemporary literary publications such as Usawa Literary Review, Madras Courier, Panoply, Shot Glass Journal, Marrow Magazine and elsewhere.
Nikki Ummel is a queer artist with work published in Painted Bride Quarterly, The Georgia Review, & others. She is the 2022 winner of the Leslie McGrath Poetry Prize. She is an editor at Bear Review & co-founder of lmnl lit, an arts nonprofit. She has a poetry chapbook, Hush (Belle Point Press, 2022) & a hybrid chapbook, Bayou Sonata (NOLA DNA, 2023). She calls New Orleans home. You can find her on the web at nikkiummel.com.
Carson Wolfe is a Mancunian poet. In 2021, they were an Aurora prize winner and a Button video contest winner. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming with Fourteen Poems, Rattle, The Penn Review, and Button Poetry. You can find them on Instagram @vincentvanbutch.